Simulation has been shown to be an effective pedagogical approach that supports student learning outcomes. Research has shown that simulations can improve knowledge retention, reasoning and student satisfaction with learning. Other benefits of simulation include educators' ability to provide experiential learning in a manner that easily complies with social distancing and production process control guidelines. Digital upskilling is part of the IQMET digital journey to foster a new digital mindset and improve how production staff work and collaborate. iQMet methodology will continuously evaluate new learning technologies and methods to determine how to train students faster, smarter and more cost-effectively. In the training world, WS have some compelling use cases.

 

The following deliverables are now ready through the project. The following summary gives you a reference to the material. The material will be uploaded to the ERASMUS+ results database. However, you can already get access to the results by contacting the Project Manager.

 

D2.1  Base welder and welding inspector training guideline with a refined framework for blended learning and methods applying welding simulators.
This deliverable establishes the initial framework for integrating welding simulators into blended and work-based VET programmes. It explains how theoretical instruction, simulator-based exercises, practical workshop activities, and competence units can be combined, with particular attention to teachers’ needs and to the framework's transferability to other technical training contexts.
 

D2.2 Demonstration examples from participating countries.
D2.2 documents hands-on demonstrations of welding simulators for VET teachers and instructors in Hungary, Romania and Slovenia. The activities introduce both the technical operation of the simulators and their pedagogical applications, providing a first basis for training teachers to use simulation in blended and work-based learning.

D2.3 Experience from piloting in participating countries.
This deliverable covers the first small-scale pilot activities using welding simulators in the partner countries. The pilots focus on fillet-welder training in Hungary and welding-inspector training in Romania and Slovenia, using EWF and IIW guidelines as reference points and examining whether the courses could contribute to recognised welding qualifications.

D2.4 Pedagogical Guideline with experience from the first set of pilots. 
D2.4 provides the first collection of pedagogical principles and teaching scenarios for the application of welding simulators in joining-process education. It addresses how simulator exercises, blended learning, guidance, feedback and practical activities can be organised to support competence development in VET.